Low Fat and Very Low-Fat Diets

For the last 20 years, health authorities have been saying that a low fat diet is best. Indeed many people have been able to gain some control over their weight by lowering their fat consumption. However there is much argument as to whether low fat is best.

More modern research is beginning to show that fat in our diet may not be the sole culprit for obesity problems in society, and that it is very important to differentiate between types of fat.

Low Fat - 20-30% of calories come from fats

Very Low Fat - 0-19% of calories come from fats.

Typical very low fat diets include;

Ornish Diet	Very low fat diet from Dr Dean Ornish.
Pritikin Diet	Very low fat, high carb diet.
Hip and Thigh Diet	Rosemary Conley’s very low fat diet was very popular during the early 1990s.
Scarsdale	Popular in the 1970s - this is a low fat, high protein diet.
F-Plan	Again, popular in the late 1980s - this plan emphasized high fiber.

Other low fat diets include;

• Mayo Clinic Plan
• Rice Diet
• Weight Watchers
• Jenny Craig
• 3 Hour Diet